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  • Climate and Disaster

One Health: A Holistic Approach to Systematically Reduce the Risk of Future Pandemics

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

The 3rd place winner of the 2020 Eye on Global Health Writing Competition rethinks our relationship with nature in light of COVID-19.

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  • Climate and Disaster

So, what is global health?

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

The 2nd place winner of the 2020 Eye on Global Health writing competition explores the meaning and future of global health in light of COVID-19.

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  • COVID-19

Covid-19 in Guinea-Bissau: The (too) many unknowns?

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

The 1st place winner of the 2020 Eye on Global Health Writing Competition explores the current context and many unknowns of Covid-19 in Guinea-Bissau.

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  • Infectious Diseases

Inadequate Sex Education in the Midst of the Iranian HIV/AIDS Epidemic

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on December 21, 2020January 18, 2021

Sexual transmission is increasing in Iran’s growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Lack of adequate sex education, social stigma and suppressed sexual autonomy are some of the elements featuring the country’s current health landscape.

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  • COVID-19

Why women bear the brunt of the pandemic

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

Gender is a crucial determinant of health. Emergency situations have the potential to reinforce deep-established structural gender inequalities. In our latest article, Kate Vanderbraak reflects on previous epidemics as well as COVID-19-borne implications for women across the world.

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  • COVID-19

What Keeps Countries Safe During Pandemics?

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on May 14, 2020May 13, 2020

COVID-19 has made clear that high income countries might not be the best equipped to face epidemics. Countries like Rwanda have shown how early action and comprehensive prevention strategies are key in minimising the number of deaths from COVID-19.

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  • COVID-19

Ensuring the right to health and dignity to all during COVID-19? A focus on asylum seekers in Moria, Greece

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

“Stay home, wash your hands, social distance” are the guidelines worldwide to prevent spreading of COVID-19. But how do these apply to asylum seekers living in overcrowded camps with scarce WASH facilities in Greece?

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  • Infectious Diseases

Can improved housing reduce infectious disease in Sub-Saharan Africa?

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on April 30, 2020April 30, 2020

If a home has low operational and maintenance costs, time and resources otherwise spent on activities such as house rebuilding, dealing with preventable illnesses or collecting water will be unlocked, enabling families to lift themselves out of poverty long-term.

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  • COVID-19

What does Coronavirus tell us about capitalism?

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on March 20, 2020March 22, 2020

We failed to predict the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the virus threatens to have unprecedented consequences on our lives and societies. If we listen carefully though, maybe we can learn a few lessons from these our broken economic system?

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  • Europe

‘There will be time to hang out, go to work or on vacation’ – an Account from the Italian Quarantine

  • by Eye On Global Health
  • Posted on March 16, 2020March 27, 2020

The Covid-19 virus is spreading everywhere and faster than we thought, forcing us to change our habits just as quickly – We need to stop, think, and start caring about everyone else, inside and outside our countries.

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